Have you ever felt that if you let yourself cry your tears will never stop? As difficult as it can be sometimes, there are benefits of getting in touch with our sadness. Juliette Becking explains why ‘It’s sad to not be able to be sad’.

Often people sit on the edge of therapy before diving in and there may be many reasons for this. Emotion Focused Therapist, Ashley White, talks about the experience of many possible future clients as they contemplate seeking help, and of new clients as they start the process of therapy.

Become more present to yourself as Shari Geller gently guides you in this practice and describes the impact of presence or distraction.

'A feeling that is not a feeling' perhaps? Kurt Renders contrasts life with and without emotions - and suggest ways of starting to connect with emotional experience.

Are you emotionally a lion or a lamb? And how can you best use your characteristic way of being as a parent? Joanne Dolhanty describes an Emotion Focused approach to parenting.

Explore what it is that children might be trying to tell us when they cling on to the adults around them or lash out and get themselves into trouble at school. Vivienne Wisniewski shares her experience of working with the emotions of children.

How can we learn to 'feel into' others better to enrich our relationships? What might we have to unlearn in this process? Robert Elliott shares his tips as well as what he calls 'empathy traps'. Turns out there is a lot we can do to help us develop empathy for others, in particular when they are in pain.

The first podcast of this series starts by addressing a fundamental question about emotions with the primary developer of Emotion Focused Therapy, Dr Leslie Greenberg. Set yourself up for an informative discussion that is likely to make you want to learn more about emotions.